In The Home Stretch
Most days I’m liking the film. Some days I think it sucks. My poor daughter Daisy has to listen to me collapsing that the film is horrible. And she always says “Wait and see how you feel about it in the morning.” True wisdom. Only a minute left on the color and then into editing […]
In Order to Animate Life, You Must First Discover you are”Life”.
As I animate, I take notice in the small aspects of movement, light, shadow, emotion. How a leaf falls. How light moves through hair. In response to that curiosity, life around me becomes a living meditation. I love to sit in the garden,or with the animals, noticing how a bee lands on a flower. What […]
When the Filmmaker Moves On
What do you do when the film you are working on is no longer who you are. Finish it of course ( I have maybe two months left on it) But I’m so excited to move on to my next film “Obstacles” that I have been writing, I could pop. It’s been two and a […]
Zen and the Art of Lawnmower Maintenance
I have to say I got much more satisfaction and enjoyment out of fixing this old mower and getting it up and running, then I did winning Emmys. Cue farmer leaping in the air!
Re-Calibrating Belief Systems
I remember sitting in church as a kid thinking, “Do I really believe this stuff? Or am I told to believe this stuff?” I’ve been questioning ever since. Moving to Belgium I’ve discovered how much belief systems are rooted in DNA and upbringing. I didnt see it as clearly in the US because I was […]
In Praise of Slowness
So, in my art world of deadlines, in both illustration work and animation ( mostly in television) it never seemed right to relax into a work. There was always a deadline. And I took great pride in hitting my deadlines. Also, when I did productions, I took pride in being on budget. ( especially when […]
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”- Krishnamurti
I have found myself lately questioning “Who came up with this rule? Who told us this is the way to be in this society? Who told us what is ‘right” or “wrong”. It’s always a human construct meant to steer us in the direction of someone elses agenda. Religion, politics, ego, status. I have been […]
I Ache for a Meaningful Conversation
I haven’t had one in a while. I think the last one was with an Uber driver in LA in December. I’m choosing to air this here, because I don’t think many Rocko fans come here. Or if anyone reads this blog. ( I know spambots do) But hear me out. I’m grateful for the […]
What is Outsider Art? Art Brut?
We understand by this term works produced by persons unscathed by artistic culture, where mimicry plays little or no part… These artists derive everything-subjects, choice of materials, means of transposition, rhythms, styles of writing, etc. – from their own depths, and not from the conventions of classical or fashionable art. We are witness here to […]
Either Everything is a Miracle, or Nothing is. I go for the First One.
Even though I feel our art has divine intervention, nothing made in a studio can compare to the perfection of nature. Sometimes I just sit in the stable with the pony, goats and chickens and participate in the being. They don’t need any outside story to be who they are. Animals are amazing creatures. Even […]